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Marisa Dodd, Assistant Tour Specialist at MIR, recently returned from her first trip to Uzbekistan – a country she had long dreamt of visiting. Her experience made a lasting impression. She was surprised to discover how smooth, comfortable, and safe the trip felt, for a wide variety of reasons.
Find out some of the things she found most surprising from her travels through Uzbekistan.
Special Offer: For a limited time, new bookings on select small group departures to Uzbekistan can save up to $300 per person. Read More

SEATTLE, WA - The ancient trade routes that linked Europe and China exposed Central Asia to foreign cultures, customs, and religions. Now, more than 2,000 years later, the award-winning travel specialists at MIR Corporation have created an epic, 21-day journey to five exotic countries along the old Silk Route - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan - that visits eight awe-inspiring UNESCO World Heritage Sites along the way. Read More

SEATTLE, WA - The award-winning travel company MIR Corporation is a proud sponsor of the Seattle Asian Art Museum's Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats exhibit happening March 15-August 5, 2012. The Seattle-based Central Asia specialists are offering the chance for one lucky museum visitor to win a trip for two to visit Uzbekistan on a small group tour entitled "Silk Route Odyssey: Caravan Across Uzbekistan". The winner of this fully-escorted, 15-day small-group tour has the option to join a September 14-28, 2012 departure or an alternative tour date leaving in 2013. Read More

SEATTLE, WA -- MIR Corporation Announces 2011 Central Asia Tour Dates - The countries of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran are woven together like the burnished threads of a fine Persian carpet. From earliest recorded history, these lands have exchanged rulers, architecture, art and religion. Explore the dazzling bazaars and extravagant desert architecture along the byways of the old Silk Road between Tashkent and Tehran on this Central Asian Tour. Read More

Uzbekistan’s geography is far more varied and intriguing than you might expect. Within a few hours’ drive of both Tashkent and Samarkand, you can discover green forests, blossoming alpine meadows, cool blue lakes, and sweeping mountain vistas dotted with traditional villages, waterfalls, ski hills, and cave networks.
Remote, untouched, and surprisingly beautiful, these areas are a fantastic and unexpected getaway from the everyday hum of the cities, and make for great spots to take an invigorating hike through places few travelers get to see.
Here are just a few of our favorite places where you can embrace the outdoors and go hiking in Uzbekistan: Read More

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